what do the defense folks say about the detainees or former detainees? >>reporter: officials say gitmo gives them a street cred or "badge honor," and if they are suspected of returning to the ballot field they do it in a big way. a libyan, along with his group, are now among the leading suspects in the attack on the consulate. and the saudis, a former graduate from gitmo, and the number two for al qaeda in yemen, targeting the united states, publicly the defense department down plays any guantanamo bay affect. >> it is probably safe to say some of them probably do acquire some degree of status but i'm not sure it is widespread. >>reporter: aside from these, one was behind the largest suicide bombings in iraq killing 13 iraqi policemen three years after he was released from guantanamo bay. one of the most interesting aspects. the current deputy leader if the taliban is a former gitmo detainee. there is no credible picture although he was chosen because he was young, in his late 30's and a hardened fighter. he joined the taliban in 1995 and was the first d